April 14, 2007

WALNUT, Calif. - Western Washington University's Chad Portwood (Sr., Cheney) posted a national provisional qualifying time of 31:08.52 in the men's 10,000 meters at the prestigious Mt. Sac Relays late Friday night at Hilmer Lodge Stadium on the Mt. San Antonio CC campus.

The clocking was the eighth best in school history and bettered the top time this season in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference by 44 seconds.

Portwood placed 44th in a field of 59. He ran the first 5,000 meters in 15:30, then fell off pace before running the last lap in 68 seconds to drop below the provisional standard.

Another GNAC runner, John Riak of Saint Martin's University, placed 31st with a time of 30:56.34.

The race was won by Shadrack Songok of Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi in 28:16.47.

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Hilmer Lodge Stadium-Walnut, California  - 4/13/07

 Event 236  Men 10000 Meter Run Invitational U/O
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    Name                    Year Team                    Finals
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Finals
  1 Songok, Shadrack             Tex. A&M-Corpus       28:16.47
  2 Coolsaet, Reid               Reebok                28:21.86
  3 Olmedo, Pablo                Unattached            28:22.37
  4 Bizuneh, Fasil               New Balance           28:25.69
  5 Sundell, Steve               Unattached            28:28.01
  6 Romero, Juan                 Mexico                28:38.41
  7 Bodor, Oliver                Western State         28:44.71
  8 Gildea, Patrick              Nyac                  28:45.68
  9 Johnson, Jeremy              New Mexico            28:47.76
 10 Solis, Jesus                 Adams State           29:06.98
 11 Kyle, Jordan                 Indiana               29:14.01
 12 Jellema, Paul                Southern Indiana      29:17.81
 13 McDougal, Jordan             Liberty               29:36.53
 14 Haji, Ahmed                  Providence            29:38.12
 15 Kosgei, Julius               Harding               29:41.30
 16 Eberly, Josh                 Hansons-Brooks Odp    29:43.11
 17 Medigovich, Brian            Adams State           29:43.19
 18 Kiplagat, Soimo              Louisville            29:44.38
 19 Hamilton, Joel               Colorado Mines        29:45.25
 20 Siemers, Art                 Boulder Running       29:47.96
 21 Venancio, Marco              Concordia (Cal.)      29:51.77
 22 Currell, Mark                Southern Utah         29:52.44
 23 Pines, Justin                Princeton             29:54.96
 24 Fruin, Mark                  Indiana               29:55.28
 25 Clark, Aaron                 Western State         29:59.32
 26 Holm, Ryan                   Grand Valley St.      30:00.99
 27 McLeod, Tim                  Indiana               30:02.62
 28 Scribner, Robert             Mississippi St.       30:04.16
 29 Gale, James                  Grand Valley St.      30:09.95
 30 Styles, Koby                 Texas-Arlington       30:16.69
 31 Turgeon, Tony                South Dakota          30:17.24
 32 Rosa, Paul                   Princeton             30:24.21
 33 Kern, Artur                  Harding               30:25.27
 34 Yeates, Richard              Providence            30:25.76
 35 Rosendahl, Marty             Hansons-Brooks Odp    30:28.52
 36 VanVeen, Jeremy              Northern State        30:43.06
 37 Garcia, Joseph               New Mexico            30:43.71
 38 Broccoli-Hickey, Jodi        Texas-Arlington       30:52.18
 39 Butcher, Jimmy               Middlebury            30:53.90
 40 Lares, Sergio                Unattached            30:55.26
 41 Riak, John                   St. Martin's          30:56.34
 42 Seacat, Wes                  Louisville            31:01.46
 43 Foolkes, Alan                McNeese State         31:06.99
 44 Portwood, Chad               Western Washington    31:08.52
 45 Hill, Stephen                Christian Brothers    31:28.17
 46 Mohamed, Mohamed             Southern Illinois     31:38.44
 47 Racine, Matt                 Idaho                 31:41.23
 48 Fisher, Michael              Louisville            31:44.13
 49 Carmi, Yuval                 New Mexico            32:00.15
 -- Wagner, Allen                Unattached                 DNF
 -- Blaylock, Larry              Acis Aggies                DNF
 -- Hains, Alex                  Butler                     DNF
 -- Vail, Peter                  Boulder Distance           DNF
 -- Sitler, Ben                  Princeton                  DNF
 -- Farris, Marc                 Stephen F. Austin          DNF
 -- Dexter, Dale                 Unattached                 DNF
 -- Yorek, Derek                 Adams State                DNF